Channel 4's The People's Supermarket turns to AEA for advice on waste
Dr Adam Read, AEA's Global Practice Director for Waste Management & Resource Efficiency has been interviewed on Channel 4's new documentary series the People's Supermarket.
The new supermarket concept is aiming to stir a retail revolution by serving the local community with good cheap food that's fair to consumers and producers. During this week's episode [Sunday 20th February], he meets with the founder of the People's Supermarket Arthur Potts-Dawson at a food waste recycling centre.
Dr Read explains to Arthur the origins of food waste production - consumer choice, supermarket shelving policy, and convenience, and looks more closely at the food waste arriving on site which comes from local households and supermarkets. The UK is generating over 8.2 million tonnes of food wastes per annum, and this site is successfully managing over 100 tonnes per day, generating new products - heat and energy - and employing local people.
The filming of Dr Read on the Channel 4 documentary can be viewed here from 06.00: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-peoples-supermarket/4od/player/3163647
Dr Adam Read is a recognised authority on waste strategy and management and has over 17 years of operational waste management experience. Adam's approach to his work has gained him a well-earned reputation as a knowledge leader and innovator in his field of expertise, including food waste management and processing.
He has previously been awarded an honorary professorship for his pioneering work on waste communication and public engagement, and a fellowship of the Chartered Institution of Wastes management.
The People's Supermarket is located in Lamb's Conduit Street in London and is a new concept that seeks to develop a commercially sustainable enterprise achieving growth and profitability whilst providing local people with good food at a fair price for both consumer and supplier.
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